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Rent has 14 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

"After signing the lease, she began making her monthly rent on time every month."

2

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

"there was a rip in his pants"

"she had snags in her stockings"

3

the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

"The landlord's annual rent exceeded his expectations because the new irrigation system made even the marginal fields on his estate far more productive than before."

4

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

5

A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.

"The old canvas had a nasty rent where the rope had chafed against the wood."

6

A tear or rip in some surface.

In plain English: Rent is the money you pay to live in someone else's house or apartment.

"She signed a lease to rent an apartment for two years."

Verb
1

let for money

"We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

2

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

"I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

3

engage for service under a term of contract

"We took an apartment on a quiet street"

"Let's rent a car"

"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

4

hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

"The city council voted to rent out unused public facilities to local event organizers during the summer season."

5

To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

"The storm was so violent that it rent the windows from their frames, leaving shards of glass everywhere."

6

simple past tense and past participle of rend

In plain English: To rent something means to pay money to use it for a specific time without owning it.

"They decided to rent an apartment near the city center."

Adjective
1

That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.

"The old fabric of his coat was completely rent by the sharp thorns in the briar patch."

In plain English: Rent describes something that is not owned but is being used temporarily by paying for it.

"The rent-controlled apartment was much cheaper than the market-rate ones nearby."

Usage: Use this adjective to describe something that has been violently torn apart, often implying damage caused by force rather than simple cutting. It is frequently confused with the verb form of tear but specifically emphasizes a state of being split open into pieces.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"My neighbor, Mr. Rent, always waves at me when he walks his dog in the morning."

Example Sentences
"The rent-controlled apartment was much cheaper than the market-rate ones nearby." adj
"She signed a lease to rent an apartment for two years." noun
"They decided to rent an apartment near the city center." verb
See Also
payment monthly apartment lease house let landlord money
Related Terms
payment monthly apartment lease house let landlord money pay housing paid home house payment monthly payment hire fee bill apartments rentee renteth
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
annuity in advance opening return tear contract give get
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ground rent peppercorn rent rack rent sublet

Origin

The word rent comes from the Latin verb reddere, which means "to give back." It entered English via Old French and originally referred to income derived from land or property rather than a payment made for its use.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent lent djent ament seent brent shent
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